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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Darius resign from the Iranian newspaper called Keyhan?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1985.

2. Sara had repeatedly asked her daughters to help her translate her book into what language?
(a) Persian.
(b) Arabic.
(c) English.
(d) French.

3. What promise does Kimiâ make to the person who rebukes her for "adding to [Sara's] suffering" (265)?
(a) She promises to get a job.
(b) She promises to increase her responsibilities for chores.
(c) She promises to keep up her good grades.
(d) She promises to apply to college.

4. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe her teenage hips?
(a) Narrow.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Straight.
(d) Wide.

5. How old was Kimiâ when she discovered music as a way to bridge "the gap between the past and the present" (267)?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

6. What does Kimiâ's blue-and-white striped tee shirt symbolize within the narrative?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Authenticity.
(c) Rage.
(d) Childishness.

7. At whom is a soldier pointing a pistol when Mina vomits on the soldier's pant leg?
(a) Sara.
(b) Darius.
(c) Kimiâ
(d) Ramin.

8. At what type of locations has Kimiâ spent years looking for her family's photograph albums?
(a) Flea markets.
(b) Museums.
(c) Garbage dumps.
(d) Thrift stores.

9. What was the first band Kimiâ discovered one day in a record shop?
(a) The Sex Pistols.
(b) U2.
(c) Fleetwood Mac.
(d) Green Day.

10. Kimiâ calls 1979 "the year of" (193) what?
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Explosion.
(d) Implosion.

11. Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?
(a) Kimiâ.
(b) Emma.
(c) Leïli.
(d) Mina.

12. In what band did Kimiâ's physical role model play?
(a) Bauhaus.
(b) The Sex Pistols.
(c) The Ramones.
(d) X.

13. What medical procedure does Kimiâ undergo at the end of Side A: Chapter 10?
(a) Artificial insemination.
(b) In vitro fertilization.
(c) A mammogram.
(d) A pap smear.

14. Which group is said to have hated Darius because they believed he had turned Iran over to the mullahs?
(a) The Shah's supporters.
(b) The socialists.
(c) The communists.
(d) The conservatives.

15. Kimiâ describes punk music as a genre that "denounces the hypocrisy of" (267) what?
(a) Class.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Power.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Darius's eyes?

2. The translation of what type of texts helped Kimiâ to learn English?

3. When Kimiâ returned home after a long period of absence, Sara hugged her and told her that which character had died?

4. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?

5. How old was Kimiâ when she had a period of reading mostly poetry?

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